Page 123 - Understandably News Today

Is different this time round. in general, the patients are younger and tend not to be as sick as they did in the first two waves. so on average, the number of days theyre staying in hospital is fewer. also, there are fewer number of patients needing the admission to the intensive care unit. but for staff whove worked through the pandemic, another surge is the last thing they wanted. with the nhs understandably devoting so much time and resource to treating covid patients, there was an impact on ...

Abuse. >> reporter: the conservative lawmaker and grandmother to a boy with autism is not giving up. >> i am trying to move the ball a little further down the road. >> reporter: human beings are impatient. especially, understandably, when it comes to the care of our children. but sometimes, the roads are arduous and long, they take time, and there is no end in sight. and yet, the zartlers can still take immense joy that they can now travel the road at all. no longer afraid about what lies ahead....

But that doesnt work in a vacuum. does he have people -- and maybe hes got one in joe manchin, maybe he see something in joe manchin a lot of democrats dont. but does he have any more partners who are prepared to say, hey, weve got to choose a different road here and get some things done? >> its a terrific question. and i do think that one of the things we talked about, when we talk about senator manchin, understandably -- there are 50 republican senators who are simply not part of this conversa...

Quite impatient understandably because some had been waiting in line up to three and a half hours to get tested. and this is likely just the beginning because demand is expected to skyrocket for these covid-19 tests thanks to omicron being extremely contagious, kate. >> amara, thank you so much for that. out front be me now is dr. jonathan reiner, former medical geyser to the george w. bush white house and the founder and director of veefrp transitional institute. dr. topple, the biden adminis...

Was going to be. in this covid ward, theres a range of different ages. 80% of the patients here have not had a first dose of the vaccine. of the rest, some have immune conditions — which might make the vaccines less effective. doctors here say the pressure is different this time round. in general, the patients are younger and tend not to be as sick as they did in the first two waves. so on average, the number of days theyre staying in hospital is fewer. also, there are fewer number of patients...

Individuals who had two dose vaccine. this is validated by the clinical data which shows that the vaccine efficacy, as we all know from previous studies of a symptomatic infection of a two-dose mrna wanes over time. however, theres a moderate to high effectiveness, about 75% seen in the early period after a booster dose and very likely higher when it comes to hospitalization and severe disease. next slide. a quick word now on something that jeff mentioned is namely the treatments that are availa...

We were expecting much more hospitalizations and deaths but it has proved that the severity is quite low. and the rate of spread throughout the population also means the natural immunity builds faster. and when you couple that with vaccination, you reach population immunity quicker. thats to say the number of susceptible people within the population is largely reduced within a short space of time. thats why were now seeing that rapid decline in the numbers of cases. >> we can only hope we see th...

Again, try to negotiate with manchin. he wants to negotiate. i can guarantee you that. >> you know, this is often seen, understandably so, through a more national lens, a d.c. lens, hof of how are they negotiating or not negotiating with each other? ? west virginia, in morgantown, for example, is the discussion about joe manchin standing up to the rest of his caucus, right? is the discussion about whats in that bill, portions of the bill, that could benefit folks in the area? where are those dis...

Vaccine. tells people hes gotten credit and his own crowd boos him. >> congressman kennedy, another topic. president biden in speaking today about new measures to respond to the omicron variant was also asked, understandably, about the death for now of bbb, build back better, and asked specifically about senator joe manchin. did he go back on a commitment to you and biden answered interestingly. he said i think we can still get something done. do you believe him? >> i do. i do believe they can s...

Situation where the overs have done theirjob. so the openers are suspect. the keen thing for england as theyve got to make more runs. people like joe as theyve got to make more runs. people likejoe root have blamed the bowlers and, understandably, there are things that bowlers can do better. but if they make more runs, england, than the bowler�*sjob better. but if they make more runs, england, than the bowler�*s job will be much easier, and that is fundamental — if you play in australia, y...